Police said a man stole a cache of guns and a car and got away, but it's what he left behind that triggered his arrest.

Police said Vakei Robinson's arrest comes after three separate events -- two burglaries and one police chase. While he is currently behind bars, police said they are working to recover even more weapons before they end up in the wrong hands.

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Robinson stole 38 weapons including rifles, hand guns and collectable firearms over the course of two burglaries, police said. It's the guns that aren't there that may worry you the most. Police say everything started when Robinson swept through this home in northwest Albuquerque late June and stole three rifles and the owner's SUV. A week later, police said Robinson stole 35 more weapons from a gun collector's house in Northeast Heights.

On Wednesday, Sky 7 captured police searching for Robinson after he had been pulled over in the stolen SUV, but police said Robinson managed to get away.

Police said Robinson took off once they were on his trial, but said he left his wallet and his ID behind which made it pretty easy to identify their suspect.

"Luck was definitely on our side," said Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Nadine Hamby. "He knew we had this information so he turned himself in."

That led police to a gun cache which they said they found inside of Robinson's house.

"We knew that they were going to be sold for little or nothing to individuals who couldn't purchase a gun on their own," Hamby said.

Those individuals include felons, police said. So far, police have recovered 29 of the 38 stolen guns, but that leaves nine weapons unaccounted for and police said they are hoping they have not hit the streets.

"At this point, we're actively looking for the rest of the firearms so we hope to recover those in the next 24 hours," Hamby said.

Police said they have been looking at pawn shops in the area and are retrieving the missing guns.